Heaven Will Be Mine similar games & best alternatives

Heaven Will Be Mine

PC (Microsoft Windows), Linux, Mac, iOS • 2018

Should you play it?

HEAVEN WILL BE MINE is a visual novel about making terrible life decisions in the midst of a hot-blooded battle between giant robots. Select one of three terribly behaved girls to fight and/or make out with each other in their struggle for the fate of space.

What works
  • Deep, poetic queer narrative
  • Complex characters and relationships
  • Immersive art and music
  • Multiple routes and endings for replayability
  • Thought-provoking themes of identity and otherness
Things to keep in mind
  • Dense and abstract writing can be confusing
  • Lack of gameplay variety beyond reading and choices
  • No skip function makes replaying tedious
  • Niche appeal may limit audience
  • Some grammatical and punctuation issues

What to play next

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Hidden Gems

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Heaven Will Be Mine: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Intimacy, Expression. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Strategy.

Why this game works

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